Dictionary of Indian Biography/Ahmad, Syad

by Charles Edward Buckland

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AHMAD, SYAD ( ? –  ? )

Of Bareli : a horseman under Amir Khan (q.v.) : went to Delhi, became a disciple of Shah Abdul Aziz, a famous devotee there : became a religious teacher and reformer, aiming at the restoration of pure Muhammadanism : went to Calcutta in 1821 : to Mecca, 1822 : to Bombay, 1823 : wrote the Incitement to Religious War, and opened a jihad against the Sikhs in 1826 : was killed in battle, and the movement terminated.